Amphibian Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia
Amphibians are tetrapod animals from the class Amphibia comprising toads, frogs, salamanders, newts and caecilians. They have an amphibious lifestyle, where the larvae are aquatic. Skin is generally soft and with glands. They show three type of respiration through moist skin, buccal cavity and lungs. Caecilians are limbless amphibians, whereas other amphibians have short limbs. Amphibians lay cluster of eggs as egg masses closer to a water body and show an external fertilization.
About 20 species of amphibians are found in Czech Republic. The low numbers is due to cold climate, where both amphibians and reptiles are poikilothermic animals they cannot survive in very cold environments. This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found in Czech Republic.
Order: Caudata - Salamanders and allies Family: Salamandridae - True salamanders & Newts Name Binomial StatusPalmate newt Lissotriton helveticus Least ConcernCarpathian newtLissotriton montandoni Least ConcernSmooth newtLissotriton vulgaris Least ConcernAlpine newtIchthyosaura alpestris Least ConcernFire salamanderSalamandra salamandra Least ConcernItalian crested newtTriturus carnifex Least ConcernNorthern crested newtTriturus cristatus Least ConcernDanube crested newtTriturus dobrogicus Near Threatened
Order: Anura - Frogs and toads Family: Bombinatoridae - Fire-bellied toads Name Binomial StatusEuropean fire-bellied toadBombina bombina Least ConcernYellow-bellied toadBombina variegata Least Concern
Family: Bufonidae - Tree toads Name Binomial StatusCommon toadBufo bufo Least ConcernEuropean green toadBufo viridis Least ConcernNatterjack toadEpidalea calamita Least Concern
Family: Hylidae - Tree frogs Name Binomial StatusEuropean tree frogHyla arborea Least Concern
Family: Pelobatidae - Spadefoot toads Name Binomial StatusEuropean common spadefootPelobates fuscus Least Concern
Family: Ranidae - True frogs Name Binomial StatusMarsh frogPelophylax ridibundus Least ConcernEdible frogPelophylax kl. esculentus Least ConcernPool frogPelophylax lessonae Least ConcernMoor frogRana arvalis Least ConcernAgile frogRana dalmatina Least ConcernEuropean grass frogRana temporaria Least Concern
Reptile Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia
Reptiles are tetrapod animals from the class Reptilia comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives. Reptiles are vertebrates, creatures that either have four limbs or, like snakes, are descended from four-limbed ancestors. Unlike amphibians, reptiles do not have an aquatic larval stage. Most reptiles are oviparous, although several species of squamates are viviparous, as were some extinct aquatic clades — the fetus develops within the mother, contained in a placenta rather than an eggshell. As amniotes, reptile eggs are surrounded by membranes for protection and transport, which adapt them to reproduction on dry land.
There are about 16 species of reptiles found in Czech republic. The only venomous snake is the European adder.
Order: Testudines - Turtles Family: Emydidae - Terrapins Name Binomial StatusEuropean pond turtleEmys orbicularis Near ThreatenedPond sliderTrachemys scripta Least Concern (Introduced)
Order: Squamata - Scaled reptiles Family: Anguidae Name Binomial StatusEastern slowwormAnguis colchica Least ConcernCommon slowwormAnguis fragilis Least Concern
Family: Lacertidae - True lizards Name Binomial StatusSand lizardLacerta agilis Least ConcernEuropean green lizardLacerta viridis Least ConcernCommon wall lizardPodarcis muralis Least ConcernViviparous lizardZootoca vivipara Least Concern
Suborder: Serpentes - Snakes Family: Colubridae - Colubrids Name Binomial StatusSmooth snakeCoronella austriaca Least ConcernGrass snakeNatrix natrix Least ConcernDice snakeNatrix tessellata Least ConcernAesculapian snakeZamenis longissimus Least Concern
Family: Viperidae - Vipers Name Binomial StatusEuropean adderVipera berus Least Concern
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